Perforated board and push pin for a salvo game



'Filed Dec. 14, 1949 Dec. 25, 1951 R. K. AcHEN 2,579,454

PERFORATED BOARD AND PUSH PIN FOR SALVO GAME 2 SHEETS-SHEET l INVENTOR.

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duction of a means :of the ,kind v,described ,thaty iS'SmDle, durable, ,depende-ble* in action, convenzk lent .to use, inexpensive to make andgnanutacture, compact, efficient, and a device which is pleasing and attractive lin appearances.

One of the ,principal objects is tto Airlesexlt a new and novel game device .that lincreases the spirit oi chance and develops the artof blind action. Y,

Other objects, advantages andfeatules Ofthis invention will appear from a careful r`perusal of the accompanying drawings-the,subjoined'detailed description, the preamble of these ,specifications ,and the appended claims.

Below, applicant describes Aone of the preferable forms of his invention inorder to teach the arts connectedA therewith and show how to make the same and use it, but it is to be understood that the drawings and descriptionthereof are not to limit the invention in any sense whatsoever as the same isjlimitedby theprior art.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows the preferred form ofthe device in side-end elevational View,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view; the yends and rsides being identical,

Figure 3 is a bottom .plan view,

Figure 4 is a top plan View,

Figure 5 is an enlargedhorizontal section 'View taken substantially along line -5-5 of'Fgllre'l,

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional viewtakensub stantially along line 6-6 of Figure '7,

Figure 7 'is an elevational view of Ha portion of -one of the'playing 'surfaces as' viewed from the right handside of Figure 6,

Figure 8 isan elevational view of a portion .of the plateA 9, a part in section, and shown onan enlarged scale, and

Figure 9 is a vertical sectional View, parts in elevation, showing a detail which is also on an enlarged scale.

'Ihe device is the particular form illustrated, comprises a base or bottom plate or Wall l with a pair of spaced apart side walls .f2 and .3 and atop plate or wall'-4. `The spaced upright spacer cleats? 5, 6, 1 and 8 give strength to the device and `provide groove-'like guide means Lto accommodate `their respective shiftable sounding plates VASiV and l, -a's shown clearly in Figure 25. Biagonally `positioned inclined catch boards LI and 4x2-are hinged tothe base and-are provided with friction hinges so -that the catch `board can be forced yinto the inclined vposition as .shown and held-there. Diagonally positioned play boards i3 and-lil 4are also supported-by lthe basebyL-the same hinges and have spring locks which-arctic-v slgned tcaid in the stability lof the entire device whenopen. lThe boards just mentioned-are p1-'ofv vided with sideranges toprevent themen orfplugs used-in the `game from f being lost by-rolling upon the floor of a room. The top surfaces of the boards t3 andtd ,may be provided-.With `any type or fkindvof pencilfwriting surface so Ythat scores can be'kept. |The top ilaps or doors t5 and t5 have :friction hinge connection with the top walliltas shown, and these 'flaps extendsfentircly across the. devicefa'nd are.v designed toachievese.- c-recy and `prevent `players from glancing-o11to their `opponents playing surface.

The'catoh boards ,1I l `and k2 are alilserand eaohyhasa springt plate il attached to their respective' boards alongthe slightly bentmargin Isand the zothernr lower edge has arrslightly curved ,edge le Ywhichis adapted to slide alone their respective walls -2 .or 3 when :the catch boards vareclosed against the sides of the-device as 'ShOWn in Figure V1; these plates being .gf E@ size that `they will neat-1v it Within ythe ,eonnes of ,the-,fiangesof theirvrespective boards. purpose ofthese s pringy plates Y,being to g de falIenmen onplues' into ,the passages :2li and, 2,4, tneserassaees beine inclined in ,apposite directenssothetxthe players have ltheir :tellen or plugs automatically pass onto their respective play boards. Y

Facing eachplaver there a set-area22 ,and an operational'-area, the set-areagZZ Vv,opone side Qf thedevice `beine opposite A to the operational-area''on theether side, and the operetionel-.erea 23 @none ,side of the device beine oppositeI toA theset-area 2,250,171 the other sde$e'e Eieuref The set-area andthe operationalfaree Ofibothsides are dividedby a eommoninernorandum push-pinline nieansjz, and this .con- Ssts of a vertical Kline ofbores 2,5 in each ,or which there is a pinj2'6. Thepins are just a little longer than thespaced vouter surfaces .,0f the Walls ,Zendso .thateach playercan readily countithe number of vplays made Aby, his opponent, both players using the same means. Ten pins are shown in that each player gets but ten trys at a time in alternation.

Each set-area has one hundred bores 21 arranged as shown and in each bore there is a pin 28 with means to control its travel, and the opposite wall 2 has one hundred bores in alinement with the bores of wall 3 and receive the same pins 28. The pins 28 have a length equal to the distance between the outer surfaces of the side walls 2 and 3, but these pins may be longer, if desired. Each pin has spaced fixed washers 30 and 3l which may be annular flanges integral with the pin. diameter than washer 38 and the distance between the washers is slightly greater than the thickness of the sounding board or plate 9. Each sounding plate has a plurality of holes 32, one for each pin 28, and the holes are sized so as to allow the washer 38 to pass therethrough but Vnot the larger washer` 3l. Integral with each margin about the holes 32 there is reed or short projection 33 which is adapted to be struck by the small washer 38 when its pin 28 is pushed and thus make an audible click or snap-like sound so as to let the other player know that the pin has been pushed and should be counted, as an attempt has been made to dislodge a man. Each man has a head portion 34 and a stem portion 35, so that when dislodged, it can be inserted in the bore at the other end of the pin that has been pushed.

The sounding plate 9, at its bottom, has an extended arm 38 that passes through a vertical slot in the wall 3 and the other sounding plate I has a similar arm which passes through a similar slot in wall 2. And over the distal end of each arm there is a thumb support means 31 so as .to enable the thumb and forenger of a player to raise the sounding plate 9 or I0 slightly when the pins 28 are reset by the reload plate 38 or 38'.

For resetting the pins 28, a reload plate is employed and there are two as indicated at 38 and 38 and they are juxtaposed to the inner side of their respective walls 3 and 2. These plates are perforated so as to easily ride along their respective pins 28, there being a perforation for each pin. Centrally of each reload plate there is a push head and stem means 39 fixed thereto which is adapted to be pushed for resetting all the pins in its area, the plate engaging the large Washers of the pushed pin 28 and forcing them against the near side of the sound plate 9 after the smaller washers have passed through their respective holes in the sound plate. in the sound plates are large enough so that the small washers will not strike their respective reeds 33 for the reason that the sound plate has been raised by operation of the nger means 38-31.

Operation The two players position themselves on opposite" sides of the game device and each one opens his secrecy shield l or I6, his guide board ll The washer 3l has a greater The bores Each player has ten" as 2, the greens as 3 and the black one as 5; thus when one player wins by dislodging all the other players men, he receives for a score the sum or numerical value of all the men still remaining on his set-area, that is, the men not dislodged by the other player.

Each time a player dislodges a man, that man is forced from its respective bore 28 and falls down along the Wall on the other side and then rolls dwn the inclined plate H and into the catch or stabilizing board on the opposite side via of passage 28 `or 2| to the player who made the play. This player then picks up the man and places the stem 35 thereof into the bore on his side of the game device where he pushed the pin 28 which dislodged the man. Each player must arrange each color group in consecutive bores and in a straight line before the blind playing begins. The straight line may be horizontally, vertically or diagonally, but it must be a straight line. Each time a pin 28 is pressed, an audible click occurs and the opponent then pushes one of the counting pins in line 28 to keep count of the number of operational pins pressed by his opponent; each player pushing only ten operational pins in turn. After each player pushes his allotted number of pins, the other player does likewise until one of the players succeeds in dislodging all the other players men. When this is done, the men are reset again after each player pushes his knob 39 or 36 and 31 on his particular side of the board in order to return all the pins 28 in his particular set-area to their start positions.

Itis, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of form, style, design, and construction of the whole or any part of the specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof in that such changes and modications are considered as being within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. In a game device comprising an upright wall means with a set-area and an operational-area arranged side-by-side on each side of the wall means but with the set-area of each side in opposition to the operational-area on the other side, a plurality of bores with push-pins in each area which are common to their respective opposite areas, and a plurality of men having stems which are supported in certain bores in each set-area and arranged according to some predetermined set of rules and which are adapted to be dislodged when their particular push-pin is pushed on the other side of the wall means, the wall means being hollow and providing a chamber, and plate means in the chamber operable by external means for resetting all the pins of one of the set-areas.

2. The device recited in claim 1 wherein each set-area is provided with a declined passage-way through the wall means at the bottom thereof, and a declined plate means'supported by the device and alined with the passage-way for directing men into the passage-way for delivery on the other side of the wall means.

3. The device recited in claim l wherein the chamber is provided with al shiftable plate means "for each set-area which has a plurality of bores V`.push-pin forY snapping past its respective reedd means so as to make a sound for indicating that a particular pin has been pushed.

4. In a game device comprising an upright wall means with a set-area consisting of a group of arranged bores and a laterally positioned operational-area with a group of arranged bores wherein the set-area on one side of the wall means is back-to-back with the operational-area on the other side of the wall means so that the bores thereof are in common alinement, a push-pin in each bore, each bore being adapted to receive the stem portion of a playing man, shiftable plate means supported by the pins in each group of bores and provided with exterior operating means for resetting pins which have been pushed, and means beneath each set-area including a pas?- sageway for conducting fallen men from one side of the Wall means to the other side thereof.

5. In the game device recited in claim 4 wherein the wall means has a base with a pair of covers hinged to each longitudinal side edge thereof, a top Wall xed to therwall means, and a longitudinal door hinged to each longitudinal side edge of the top Wall which are adapted to overlap the tops of the covers when they are in closed position. n

6. In the game device recited in claim 4 wherein the wall means has a base with a pair of covers hinged to each longitudinal side of the base, one cover of each pair being arranged to take an in-k clined position, and a resilient plate on said one cover of each pair which is declined and alined with its respective passageway and thus adapted to conduct men into said passageway and deliver them to the opposite side of the wall.

7. In a game device comprising a base with an upright hollow wall fixed thereto, the base having elongated opposite side edges and each edge having a cover hinged thereto which aids in supporting the device when open in a horizontal position, a set-area and an operational-area arranged sde-by-side on each side of the upright wall but with the set-area of each side in opposition to the operational-area on the other side of the Wall, each opposed operational-area and set-area having a plurality of common bores with a push pin in each bore, each push pin having a xed protrusion thereon, a plurality of playing men having stems which are supported in certain bores in each set-area and which men can be dislodged by its respective push pin, the upright hollow wall having a chamber and having a pair of'shiftable plates therein and arranged intermediate their respective set and operational areas and supported by the push pinsV of their respective areas,`and each shiftable plate vhaving an external means for operating it so as to reset all the push pins in its respective area by working against the protrusions on the pins.

ROBERT K. ACI-IEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the iile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,100,421 Wupper 4.-- Nov. 30, 1937 2,293,298 MacDonald Aug. 18, 1942 

